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The Social Space of Language

- Vernacular Culture in British Colonial Punjab

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A cultural history set in Punjab that examines a body of popular literature to illustrate both the durability of a vernacular literary tradition and the limits of colonial dominance in British India. It asks how qisse, a vibrant genre of epics and romances, flourished in colonial Punjab despite British efforts to marginalize the Punjabi language.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780520262690
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 294
  • Udgivet:
  • 4. juli 2010
  • Størrelse:
  • 163x241x23 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 570 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
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Leveringstid: Ukendt - mangler pt.

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A cultural history set in Punjab that examines a body of popular literature to illustrate both the durability of a vernacular literary tradition and the limits of colonial dominance in British India. It asks how qisse, a vibrant genre of epics and romances, flourished in colonial Punjab despite British efforts to marginalize the Punjabi language.

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